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OZELLO R. HUNT, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

SPRING BEDL-BOTTOM.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,915, dated January 9, 1900.

Application filed May 16, 1899. Serial No. 716,988. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OZELLO R. HUNT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spring Bed-Bottoms, of which the following is a specification.

, My invention relates to bed-bottoms constructed entirely of metal; and it consists in fashioning, arranging, and interlocking the several parts in the manner herein shown and hereinafter described.

My improved bed-bottom consists of a frame with springs mounted thereon; and the novel feature of my invention is the manner of constructing the said frame and of affixing the said springs thereto.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top view of a section of my improved bed-bottom; Fig. 2, a section of Fig. 1, taken on the line 2 2; and Fig. 8, a perspective of a section thereof.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

The frame A consists of the side rails or, the end rails b, the tie-beams c, and the tie-rods d, all of which are constructed of band-iron. The side rails a are placed upon edge and are horizontallypierced to receive rivets e which secure them to the end rails 19 and to the tie- The end rails b in like manner are placed upon edge and their ends bent inward at a ninety-degree angle and horizontally pierced to receive the rivets c, which secure them to the side rails a. They are also horizontally pierced intermediate their length, being provided With series of holes f, adapted to receive the lower coils of the springs hereinafter described.

The tie-beams c are of identically the same construction as the end rails I), save that they may be made of lighter material. They are disposed between the rails 19 and are secured to the side rails a by means of the rivets 6 The tie-rods d lie flat and run parallel with the side rails a, but at right angles with the end rails 19 and the tie-beams 0. They are fashioned with U-shaped loops g, adapted to receive the lower edges of the end rails 12 and the tie-beams 0. These tie-rods d underlie and cross the end rails b and tie-beams c between the holes f therein for the purposes which will be hereinafter revealed. Their outer ends are vertically pierced to receive rivets 6 which secure them to slats 72., extend" ing parallel with the end rails b. These slats it serve to tie the ends of the tie-rods d together and to support orstiifen the end rails b.

It will be seen that the U-shaped loops 9 not only serve to receive the end rails 11 and the tie-beams c and to hold them in place a proper distance apart, but also to support them on edge and prevent their buckling.

The springs B are not unlike those commonly used for the purpose, and hence need no description herein. They are secured to the frame A by running their lower coils through the holes f of the end rails b and the tiebeams a, under eath the horizontal portions, and on each si eof the looped portions of the tie-rods d, thus securely holding them in place and at the same time firmly binding the end rails b and tie-beams c to the tie-rods d. These springs B, thus attached to the frame A, are so secure that they need no further support and cannot get out of place; but when desirable their upper coils may be connected by metal binders tied with cordin the usual manner of npholstering or may be se-' cured to a woven-wire mat, as the manufac= turers may elect.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a metallic bed-bottom, the combination With the side rails or, the end rails b, and the tie-beams c, of the looped tie d, underlying and clasping the said end rails and tiebeams, and the springs B secured thereto, by means of passing their first or lower coils through the said end rails or tie-beams, and underneath the said tie-rods, substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

2. In a metallic bed-bottom, the combination with the side rails a, the end rails b, and the tie-beam c, of the looped tie-rods d and the springs B, said tie-rods underlying and clasping the said end rails and tie-beams, and said springs having their lower coils passed through the said end rails and tie-beams, and underneath the said tie-rods, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a metallic bed-bottom, the combina tion with the side rails a, the end rails b and the tie-beams c of the tie-rods d underlying and connecting the said end rails and tiebeams, and the springs B mounted upon and secured to the said rails and beams by having their lower coils passed through the same and underneath the said tie-rods, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a metallic bed-bottom, the combination of the side rails a, the laterally-pierced end rails 19 affixed thereto to form arectangular frame, the laterally-pierced tie-beams c aflixed to and connecting the said side rails, the tie-rods d underlying and connecting the said end rails and tie-beams; and the springs B mounted upon the said rails and beams at their intersecting points; said springs being held in place by having their lower c'oils passed through the said laterally-pierced rails and beams, and underneath the said tie-rods; substantially as shown and described.

OZELLO R. HUNT.

Witnesses:

' H. S. KENNEDY,

H. H. ANDREWS. 

